Wednesday, November 23, 2011

BAKE & TAKE: JUST ADD COFFEE TO THIS OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST CAKE

Coffee cake is one of those delightful holiday treats that I look forward to whipping up each year. It's also a cinch to make, and even better, if you can make it ahead, refrigerate overnight, and enjoy fresh from the oven, why wouldn't you go for it?

I prepared the Overnight Coffee Crumble Cake from the December 2011 issue of Southern Living. No surprise here. Mmmm... scrumptious!

I made a couple of substitutions with more than stellar results:

I substituted all pecans in the Cinnamon-Nut Crumble, simply because I had a stash of them in my freezer.

If bourbon isn't your thing, you could also substitute vanilla extract in the Sweet Bourbon Glaze with equally good results.

My super dear friends' sister lost her home to a fire a few days ago (Everyone Is OK!), so I baked the cake in an 8-inch foil pan and a 9-inch brownie pan. Both cakes baked within the range we published in the mag but keep in mind that my 8-inch pan baked on the higher end and the 9-inch pan baked on the lower end. Definitely, now, a shareable treat.

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LET'S COLLABORATE

Rebecca Gordon here. I'm a Southern football and tailgating fanatic. You know me as the Tailgate Strategist in The Official SEC Tailgating Cookbook showing you how to throw the best party each football Saturday in the fall or you may have caught me on Tide & Tigers Today with the Voice of the SEC Paul Finebaum, sharing Southern Living recipes and tailgating tips. I also co-hosted Southern Living's Tailgate Playbook on the Great American Country channel in 2012 with Nan Kelley.

Most recently I served as Test Kitchen Director for the South's Most Trusted Kitchen. I'm now a Contributing Editor for the magazine I grew up reading and testing recipes for after culinary school and would love to share my experitise with you and your consumers.REBECCA GORDONSouthern Lifestyle Expert

Tailgating on Older Row

2011

Alabama vs. Florida 2005

Marrow and I celebrating after the big win.

KEEPING IT REAL

Hello everybody. I'm an Alabama Crimson Tide football fan who loves good food whether packing for a tailgate or preparing meals for my uber fan husband, Marrow. Our children: Oscar age 5+, a former rock-eating black lab who has grown into an ultra sweet pup; Gilbert age...9-ish, a gray and black striped tabby cat with a moody, teenager-like attitude, and the newest member of the family, Cledus T., age 1+. He comes to us via Woodstock, Alabama, about halfway between here and yonder (Birmingham and Tuscaloosa--Cledus makes me think a little more country rather than rock 'n roll). With a daddy named Bama and a mama named Belle, let's just say it was meant to be. Anyhoo, he's quite the mouthy little whipper snapper of a bloodhound. Me and my family live in a work-in-progress cottage in the suburban South and we're season ticket holders to the greatest football team of all time. Roll Tide, my friends!

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Voted Best Aunt & Uncle of the Year for 3 years running. (...at least by 2 of the 8. Honestly, I think it was the Cool Camp idea that edged us out this go 'round.)

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TAILGATIN' ON THE QUAD

GOTTA LOVE IT...

Million Dollar Band

GEAUX HOME ALREADY

TOO BAD, SO SAD

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